World AIDS Day: theme and India’s law
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What happened
- World AIDS Day (1 December) 2025 theme: “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response” [PIB].
- The HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017 protects the rights of people living with HIV and bans discrimination; NACP has cut new infections and widened ART [PIB].
Background
- First observed in 1988 [PIB].
Why it matters
- The theme asks for services that keep working when funding or supply is disrupted.
How to use this in Mains
- As per PIB (2025-11-30): world AIDS Day (1 December) 2025 theme: "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response".
- The theme asks for services that keep working when funding or supply is disrupted.
Quotable data pointThe HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017 protects the rights of people living with HIV and bans discrimination; NACP has cut new infections and widened ART.
PIB: PIB Backgrounder: World AIDS Day, 30 Nov 2025
Exam angle
UPSC
Prelims: HIV Act 2017.
Practice MCQs
Original practice questions (not PYQs).
Practice · UPSC
World AIDS Day
Answer (a) & explanation
PIB.
Practice · UPSC
HIV/AIDS Act year
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB.
Practice · UPSC
First observed in
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB.
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Official source: PIB: PIB Backgrounder: World AIDS Day, 30 Nov 2025
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